Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.